Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-10

ura of.a bill so watched and tended Is IN
deed singular. The Philadelphia New
allg on Gov. Beaver for san extra session
TO pass the bill and appoint commission
Of inquiry"
TrE supreme court OF the United State
ia more than ever burdened by the accum
ulation of work and sorely needs relief
Al the close of the annual term last week
the number of cases going over exceeded
by 800 the number put over at the end OF
the previous year. Justice Woods sue
cn,nbed 10 oycrwork. and Chief Justice
Waite is not in strong condition. Ihes'
nine men who decide questions of vas'
interest sit every court day III an elevated
row of easy chairs, in the old senate cham
ber whore Sumner was stricken down, lis
toning to tho argument of cases. They
look elderly, heavy and dozy and the
careless spectator might imaglEe the!
were paying little attention But le
slip be made III the statement o
position, and it will be heart
from. Recently IL case was on for argu
ment, and the learned counsel was thro@
ing arms and talking and nobody seemed
10 care much, when the Judge sung ont
scarcely opening his eyes, "can or could
siry" Can your honor" Then your
brief has got the wrong word and must
be amended" And judges and counsel
took their pens and amended the brief
Probably no nine men in the country are
80 well trained in holding their tongues.
They will spend their vacation in full
pos4easiou oi decisions not to be made
for months, but without giving out q
word a7 to their character, though word
might mean millions to some persons
So absolute is this rulo that no one dares
10 ask them the question, or even ap
proach them ON the subject.
ANOTHER GIGANTIC MONOPOLY.
Rubber importers and manufacturers
mrs reported to have formed trust simi-
lar TO those Of the Standard and Cotton
On Tho parties Interested hope to con
troll tho business in this country. The
working capital is said to bo $35,OOO,0OO;
50O00, 600 is invested and the annual
product is worth SlOO,OOO,OOO. The mum
Der of persons employed is put Mt % 200
Tho object of this new combine is OF
course to control tho market and fix the
prices as the members of the association
may see fit. The announcement of the
formation of II rubber trust, after the
fashion of the Standard Seed OIL trust, is
anything but cheerful news to the public.
The usos to which rubber is now put are
SO varied that it may be ranked among
things of absolute necessity in every
branch of industry and trade. 1t is now
imported i'll enormous quantities. 1t has
nearly trebled in the past few years, and
27,00n,00O pounds were brought to the
United States in 1856. The accounts
which tho New York papers give
OF the meeting called to form
the trust make excellent read
ing for the mouopolists. OF course
a representative of tho Standard Oil
Trust was ON hand to give them points.
tine OF them, it seems, was the passage of
resolution fixing the salary of ;ho three
trustees, who have unlimited power, at
100000 year. In n nutshell, the new
scheme deprives about POO importers of
their business, massing it in the hands of
one brokerage house. IL absolutely fixes
the price of crude rubber and of the
manufactured article, obliging the jobber
to pay any price it may consider fair, and
It regulates the wages % $4,000 working
men. The monopoly is one of the most
gigantic IN tho world. IL dosent take
much OF stretch of the Imagination to
guess that the big rubber combine was
inspired by men who admire and are in
terested in the Standard Oil company.
few more of such "Trusts" and the
people will form one OF their .wn for
self protection